Comments on: @Beyond the Printed Word: The rise of the ‘prosumer’ http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/ Signposts to journalism's future from Press Gazette Wed, 16 May 2012 23:32:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By:   links for 2007-11-08 by andydickinson.net http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-80517   links for 2007-11-08 by andydickinson.net Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:28:04 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-80517 [...] Press Gazette Blogs - Fleet Street 2.0 » @Beyond the Printed Word: The rise of the ‘prosumer’ “Contrary to the widely-held beliefs of journaliists (and expressed repeatedly earlier this week at the Society of Editors conference), consumers do not trust professionally-produced news more than other material on the web. “ (tags: ugc journalism) [...] [...] Press Gazette Blogs - Fleet Street 2.0 » @Beyond the Printed Word: The rise of the ‘prosumer’ “Contrary to the widely-held beliefs of journaliists (and expressed repeatedly earlier this week at the Society of Editors conference), consumers do not trust professionally-produced news more than other material on the web. “ (tags: ugc journalism) [...]

]]> By: Ger http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-80385 Ger Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:02:05 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-80385 This all makes a lot of sense. I have also found that many people prefer to read news on the web because they can avoid a lot of the stuff they don't want to read. People who simply want to read hard news and a few news-related features are left with very little, because most papers are 50 per cent sport, at least 30 per cent "celeb" gossip (of which maybe one per cent is about real celebs as opposed to reality TV attention-seekers), and the rest mainly PR-led stuff from the police and political parties. Add to that the advertising supplements - most of which are dumped in bins outside supermarkets to avoid paying for them to be disposed of - and there's not a lot of reason to buy a newspaper. This all makes a lot of sense. I have also found that many people prefer to read news on the web because they can avoid a lot of the stuff they don’t want to read.
People who simply want to read hard news and a few news-related features are left with very little, because most papers are 50 per cent sport, at least 30 per cent “celeb” gossip (of which maybe one per cent is about real celebs as opposed to reality TV attention-seekers), and the rest mainly PR-led stuff from the police and political parties.

Add to that the advertising supplements - most of which are dumped in bins outside supermarkets to avoid paying for them to be disposed of - and there’s not a lot of reason to buy a newspaper.

]]> By: Martin Stabe http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-82125 Martin Stabe Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2007/11/08/beyond-the-printed-word-quick-notes-from-dublin/#comment-82125 <!--%kramer-pre%-->[IMG Fleet Street 2.0]@Beyond the Printed Word: The rise of the ‘prosumer’Thursday, 8 November 2007, 12:24 Press Gazette is at Ifra’s World Digital Publishing Conference, “Beyond the Printed Word” in Dublin. Some quick notes from this morning’s session: The future of media<!--%kramer-post%--> [IMG Fleet Street 2.0]@Beyond the Printed Word: The rise of the ‘prosumer’Thursday, 8 November 2007, 12:24 Press Gazette is at Ifra’s World Digital Publishing Conference, “Beyond the Printed Word” in Dublin. Some quick notes from this morning’s session: The future of media

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